Director, Product Development
Location: IN, TN, Chennai
Department: R&D
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
Visual BI is one of the leading and fastest growing firms focusing exclusively on BI &amp; Analytics. Our offerings cover end-to-end BI services, industry and domain-specific solutions, custom visualization controls (SAP Dashboards and SAP Design Studio) and cloud-based analytics.Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Visual BI has won recognition from customers for driving high-touch engagements driven by our team of platinum-level experts, an agile delivery model and innovative solutions.Highlights:* Ranked by CIOReview as one of the Top 100 Big Data Companies in the US* Dedicated Visual BI Labs facility in San Antonio, TX, to support R&amp;D and innovations* Partnerships with established vendors such as SAP, TIBCO Spotfire, Tableau and MongoDB* A culture that encourages to look forward and think aheadMission: Our Goal is to become one of the leading firms worldwide in terms of brand recall &amp; excellence in the field of Business Intelligence &amp; Analytics by driving BI adoption with our innovative analytical solutions and applications.

Job description:
- Build and lead a best-in-class technology Product Development &amp; Engineering organization that delivers cutting edge analytics offerings - Strategize with executive team to define product development vision, roadmap, pipeline and release milestones - Successfully execute product development objectives from concept and feasibility to full release, over one or multiple well-defined iterations. - Drive the development of product use cases and creation of requisite documentation and plans covering areas such as Market &amp; Product Requirements (MRD / PRD), Intellectual Property, Use Cases, Usability Design, Product Development, Alpha and Beta Design &amp; Testing, Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Product Documentation, and User Training - Drive the high level architecture and design by working with the CTO to ensure scalable design and performance - Drive a “Get it Right First Time” culture by establishing phased gate reviews at each step of product development. - Ensure on time delivery of products that meet requirements and customer expectations, within budget. Drive a “Get it Right On Time” culture by ensuring robust estimation &amp; planning processes. - Provide expertise for business &amp; technical specifications for new and existing products (enhancements) - Inspire, mentor and educate the engineering team providing guidance in relevant areas including technical, program management and product development. - Build a sustainable product development organization by establishing processes, frameworks, standards, templates and guidelines throughout the product development lifecycle - Develop Product Marketing Strategies and Plans - Market Analysis &amp; Research; Analyzing Competition - Marketing Communication, Including Preparation of Collaterals (Case Studies, Datasheets, White Papers, Brochures, Presentations, Press Releases etc.) for Software Products - Constantly Publishing Blogs and Articles to Establish Thought-Leadership - Preparing &amp; Maintaining Websites of the Product Are you looking for exciting opportunities in core product development with a top notch R&amp;D organization? Does the idea of leading a team to develop cutting-edge, patented controls using Javascript, HTML5 and CSS3 appeal to you?Then this role is for you.We are looking for UI Leads who can drive the development of front-end controls and integrate them with proprietary  (e.g. SAP BI) and open source BI platforms. Specifically you willLead a team of front-end developers to develop javascript-driven visualization controlsIntegrate visualization controls with platforms like SAP BI using proprietary SDKsMentor the team and lead by example by driving best practices in coding, standards, compatibility, performance, documentation and reviewsDeliver quality products as per estimate &amp; plan Ensure that deliverables are highly optimized for performance and usability across browsers and devices

Requirements:
The candidate should be able to share a strong, referencible portfolio of javascript deliverables. In addition, candidates would have to go through a hands-on asssessment (~3 hours) on a specific problem6+ years of experience in product development in leading a high-performance teamSkilled in HTML5, CSS3 &amp; OO JavascriptAgility and experience in Agile/Scrum methodologyExperience in jQuery, Ext and similar Javascript frameworks;Experience in visualization frameworks such as D3, Highcharts a plusExperience in nodeJS a plusExperience in developing web components using Javascript- 10+ years of overall experience - At least 5+ years of experience driving technology product development; Prior experience in delivering cloud-based products a plus - Degree in MBA from a premier institute - Excellent communication and presentation skills

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